UB Breaking Research

HEART REPAIR
UB researchers have demonstrated for the first time that injecting adult bone marrow stem cells into skeletal muscle can repair cardiac tissue, reversing heart failure.

NEW NEURONS
UB researchers have identified a new mechanism that prompts brain stem cells to differentiate into neurons, raising possibilities for new treatments for Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders.

Posted June 18, 2009 in UB Announcements